InputMediaVideo — Botlify Cloud Docs

Represents a video to be sent.

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
`type`	String	Always	Type of the media, must be video
`media`	String	Always	File to send. Pass a file_id to send a file that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL for Telegram to get a file from the Internet, or pass "attach://<file_attach_name>" to upload a new one using multipart/form-data under <file_attach_name> name. More information on Sending Files »
`thumbnail`	String	Optional	Thumbnail of the file sent; can be ignored if thumbnail generation for the file is supported server-side. The thumbnail should be in JPEG format and less than 200 kB in size. A thumbnail's width and height should not exceed 320. Ignored if the file is not uploaded using multipart/form-data. Thumbnails can't be reused and can be only uploaded as a new file, so you can pass "attach://<file_attach_name>" if the thumbnail was uploaded using multipart/form-data under <file_attach_name>. More information on Sending Files »
`cover`	String	Optional	Cover for the video in the message. Pass a file_id to send a file that exists on the Telegram servers (recommended), pass an HTTP URL for Telegram to get a file from the Internet, or pass "attach://<file_attach_name>" to upload a new one using multipart/form-data under <file_attach_name> name. More information on Sending Files »
`start_timestamp`	Integer	Optional	Start timestamp for the video in the message
`caption`	String	Optional	Caption of the video to be sent, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing
`parse_mode`	String	Optional	Mode for parsing entities in the video caption. See formatting options for more details.
`caption_entities`	Array of MessageEntity	Optional	List of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode
`show_caption_above_media`	Boolean	Optional	Pass True if the caption must be shown above the message media
`width`	Integer	Optional	Video width
`height`	Integer	Optional	Video height
`duration`	Integer	Optional	Video duration in seconds
`supports_streaming`	Boolean	Optional	Pass True if the uploaded video is suitable for streaming
`has_spoiler`	Boolean	Optional	Pass True if the video needs to be covered with a spoiler animation

Botlify Cloud Runtime
Credentials are auto-injected in .env — always load them with getenv(): BOT_TOKEN, ADMIN_CHAT_ID, BOT_USERNAME. Main database: database.db (SQLite, WAL mode). Runtime errors: error.log. Quick test: send to $ADMIN_CHAT_ID. Full details: Runtime Reference.